On November 3rd, 1918, as Italian troops enter the city, Trieste loses her freedom. Office I.T.O. takes upon itself to rid the city of the “bad Italians”.
A YOUNG VIENNESE HERO
21 August 1917: young Viennese officer Friedrich Franek fights in the 11th Battle of the Isonzo, defending Altitude Quota 146 – Flondar.
Trieste commemorates its Austro-Hungarian fallen on 10 November 2019
The commemoration takes place on Sunday, 10 November 2019, at 11AM, in the Austro-Hungarian military cemetery of Prosek-Prosecco (Trieste, Karst plateau).
TIMAVO MAY 27th, 1917: OF MAJOR GIOVANNI RANDACCIO’S FAILED VENTURE AND OF GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO’S FALSE TALE
…Randaccio died an agonizing death […] D’Annunzio […] managed to turn his friend’s meaningless end into a gruesomely patriotic and romantic tale.
STANISLAU WIERONSKI
Hauptmann Stanislau Wieronski, experienced Polish officer, leads three companies of the K.u.K. Infantry Regiment Nr.11 counterattacking the Italians.
JOHANN FOUSEK
1916: despite being wounded, Oberleutnant Johann Fousek groups his men and organizes a counterattack against the Italian army.